My mother-in-law is a breast cancer survivor and my mother had to have a breast biopsy in the past (which turned out to be a benign cyst). There is not a single woman – including me – that doesn’t need to be consistently doing self breast exams and getting regular GYN check ups. For a good self exam lesson click here.

Who says I’m not informative?

Anyway, these are crazy good cookies. The same day I got the plate in the mail, I stumbled across a bag of Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses at Publix and they inspired me. Who thought of that? I thought the whole candy cane kiss idea was really thinking outside the box.

Keep in mind I’m not a big pumpkin fan overall, but these are good. I’m really proud of how they turned out…and they don’t have jalapenos in them!

Preheat oven to 300°. Combine the flour, pumpkin pie spice and baking soda in a mixing bowl; set aside. In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat for about 30 seconds, then add the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time until thoroughly incorporated.

Drop by rounded tablespoons on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes, until set. Immediately top each cookie with a kiss.

8 Comments:

I tried making these but they came out flat. I thought the dough seemed a little wet and sugary. I tried adjusting baking soda, then finally added flour for the very last batch and made a bar like item.

I double and triple-checked the recipe. I even got an irritating comment from my husband if I had followed it. After that, I decided to look at the inspired cookie. I saw that the flour was 2 1/4 cups for that recipe. I feel like I wasted a lot of time and food making these flat odd sweets, and am upset about the error.